8.2.25 Helping kids embrace their God-given design

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 2 August 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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An extended interview with Dr. Kathy Koch who offers Biblical wisdom for parents navigating tough conversations in a culture of confusion.Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Nicea Conference 2025, a celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed, the most widely confessed and majestic expression of the Christian faith, underpinning the essence of the gospel we confess. Join church leaders from over two dozen countries in the same place Christians gathered 1700 years ago. WORLD subscribers enjoy 20% conference registration with promo code WORLD20. Visit www.niceaconference.comFrom WatersEdge Kingdom Investments — personal investments that build churches. 5.05% APY on a three-month term. WatersEdge.com/investWatersEdge Kingdom Investments - WatersEdge securities are subject to certain risk factors as described in our Offering Circular and are not FDIC or SIPC insured. This is not an offer to sell or solicit securities. WatersEdge offers and sells securities only where authorized; this offering is made solely by our Offering Circular.And from Ambassadors Impact Network. Providing faith driven entrepreneurs the opportunity to apply for funding that aligns with their values. More at ambassadorsimpact.com

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0:00.0	You're listening to a special weekend edition of the world and everything in it.
0:08.1	Parenting has never been easy, but the last 15 years or so have brought on a challenge that many
0:13.7	parents didn't see coming, the rise of gender confusion in young people, and the cultural
0:19.0	push to accept and affirm it.
0:21.8	Our conversation today is about what parents can do to raise their children to be confident
0:26.8	in who God is and who He Made Them to Be.
0:30.3	Kathy Cook and Dr. Jeff Myers co-authored the new book, Raising Gender Confident Kids,
0:35.7	Helping Kids Embrace their God-given design.
0:38.3	They wrote the book to give parents the tools to talk about identity with their kids in a God-honoring way.
0:44.3	Cook has a PhD in educational psychology.
0:47.3	She focuses on child development and biblical parenting.
0:50.3	She prefers to be called Dr. Kathy, and she'll tell us why. So here's the full
0:55.6	version of the edited conversation you heard earlier this week on the world and everything in it.
1:00.8	Dr. Cook, I hear you prefer to be called Dr. Kathy, so Dr. Kathy, good morning. Good morning. Thank you so much
1:06.8	for having me on the show. We really appreciate your support. Sure. Thanks for being with us.
1:11.8	You've been working with children for a long time. This phenomenon of mass gender confusion
1:18.4	came on. It seems like rather suddenly. Where were you when you realized, hey, something's going on?
1:25.4	Something has changed here.
1:31.3	Interesting question. Yeah, I've been speaking about identity forever, and it used to be pretty simple, actually. You know, tall versus short, maybe black versus white, maybe artistic versus
1:37.7	athletic. And I would talk about, you know, to parents and kids and teens, having a complete
1:42.6	identity and an accurate identity, not living in the past.
1:45.4	And then the questions became much more serious about sexuality and about gender.
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